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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Aw hell, why not. A few weeks ago, I was cast in a short film which is a parodical look at action movies and lesbian relationships. My part is as the lovable Asian male sidekick to the evil female lead villainess. Obviously, this film would use a lot of gunplay, so I spent time rounding up realistic gun replicas (airsoft and the like) from friends. I eventually ended up with almost a dozen pistols and submachineguns, making my home office into a sort of armory. And like any boy with a toy would do, I did indeed spend time looking in the mirror while brandishing a pitsol or two, trying vainly to look like the Hong Kong gangster movie characters I'd been cast to portray. Or James Bond. Or John Wayne. Then the Virginia Tech shootings happened... And I haven't touched them since. In fact, I was pretty releived to deliver the box full of gun replicas to my producer and have HIM be disgusted by the sight of an Asian guy pointing weapons at people, for a while. I imagine that when this thing has passed, I'll be able to pick up one of those replicas and spent a few shooting days pointing them at hot lesbians in cheerleader outfits. As it stands, I can barely look into the mirror without seeing the face of that coward looking back at me with a gun in hand. I believe in gun control. I also believe in gradual cultural change that will allow gun control NOT to be roadblocked by enthusiasts, extremists, or people who just like guns. I do not consider myself educated in either side of the gun control debate, but I do firmly beleive that what I'm feeling right now, and my belief in gun control, is not just a natural or kneejerk reaction to tragedies such as the Virginia Tech shootings. So instead, to close out my post and open it to everyone's opinions on this alledgedly hot-button topic, I post something from a West Wing episode I watched on TV a few months ago that really spoke to me: [i]"But for a brilliant surgical team and two centimeters of a miracle, this guy's dead right now. From bullets fired from a gun bought legally. They bought guns, they loaded 'em, they drove from Wheeling to Rosslyn, and until they pulled the trigger they had yet to commit a crime. I am so off the charts tired of the gun lobby tossing around words like personal freedom and nobody calling 'em on it. It's not about personal freedom. And it certainly has nothing to do with public safety. It's just that some people like guns."[/i] Sorkin rocks. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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